Folding bed.



H. E. DAUTRIGH.

FOLDING BED.

APPLIOATION FILED 0m. 18, 1913.

11,087,573. v Patented Feb. 17, 1914.

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HENRY E. DAUTBICI-I, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

FOLDING BED.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY E. DAUTRICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and tate of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Folding Beds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in folding beds, and has particular reference to folding beds for dolls and for very small children, the purpose being to provide a bed which may be folded into a comparatively flat shape for convenience in transportation and also for storage in the home as well as in the factory or store or conveyance, the flat knock-clown condition enabling the bed to be pushed out of the way under a dresser or a very low large bed, such as are in common use with the box mattresses.

A further object of my invention is to provide a convenient locking and unlocking means between the side rails and head and foot boards of the bed.

I accomplish the objects of my invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved bed in its upright and operative position, no mattress or bed clothes being shown. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical central section of the bed shown in Fig. 1, the folded positions of the head and foot boards being also shown in dotted lines, and Fig. 3 is a fragment of the view shown in Fig. 2, on a larger scale, however, to more clearly illustrate the locking features of my device.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawing.

The head board a of the bed has the two vertical posts 5, 5 and the foot board 6 has the two vertical posts 7, 7. Side-rails 8 connect the head and foot boards in the usual way except that the posts 5, 5 and 7 7 are mortised to receive the ends of the respective rails 8, 8 which are tapered above and below, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, for easier insertion into said posts, and the ends of the rails are hinged to their respective posts just below the mortises. The hinges 9 between the posts and the side-rails permit the head and foot boards to be folded into horizontal positions as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and they also keep Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 18, 1913.

Patented Feb. 1 '2, 1914. Serial No. 796,055.

said parts from becoming separated and retain them in their relative positions for ready erection for use.

- Secured to the inner sides of the rails 8 are the usual notched inwardly projecting slat supports 10. 11 are slats supported by said notched members 10, and resting upon the slats and secured thereto, and extending longitudinally of the bed and close to the side-rails 8 are the bars 12. The ends of the bars 12 are provided with vertical holes to receive pins 13. The pins 13 are seated in their respective posts, extending first at right angles to the posts and thenbent at right angles to said first extensions to present the body members of said pins parallel with the posts and extending in an upward direction when the head and foot boards are in their vertical operative positions. The bars 12 and pins 13 provide a lock between the side-rails and the posts of the head and foot boards at each junction of rail and post. The bars 12, by being fastened to slats 11, are thereby secured to each other so that the lifting of the slats and both bars will be simultaneous, and the side-rails may be simultaneously unlocked from the head,

and foot boards by raising the bars 12 and slats as a unitary structure. This may be readily done in a small bed, for children or dolls, such as is here contemplated. The complete removal of this unitary structure of bars and slats from the rest of the bed is prevented by chains 1. 1, loosely connecting the head and foot boards with their respective adjacent slats. When the said unitary structure of bars and slats is in the position shown in full lines in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the pins 13 will be engaged therewith and the head and foot boards will be locked thereto in such a manner as to keep the head and foot boards from swinging on their hinges, but when the said unitary structure is elevated to the position shown in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3 the pins 13 are released and the siderails are unlocked from the posts of the head and foot boards and the latter are free to be folded into positions parallel with the side-rails as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim is new and wish to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In a folding bed, a head board, a foot board, said head and foot board each having a a pair of posts with mortises, a pair of siderails, hinges at the lower edges of said rails connecting said rails to the respective posts In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set 10 of the head and foot boards below the mormy hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, tises in said posts, said rails having ends this first day of October, A. D. one thousand projecting beyond the hinges to enter the nine hundred and thirteen.

" mortises in the posts when the head and foot HENRY E DAUTRICIAL [L 81 boards are in parallel relation to each other,

pins supported by the posts, slats supported Witnesses:

by the siderails, and bars supported by the F. W. WOERNER, slats having end holes to engage the pins. L. B. WOERNER.

Copies of thia patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Eatente, Waahinaton, D. G. 

